#What is ricoh ipds software#
Intermate has more than 20 years of experience building AFP/IPDS emulation technology that allows less expensive printers, especially departmental laser printers designed to support Hewlett-Packard‘s near ubiquitous Printer Control Language (PCL) technology (and, to a lesser extent, those that support Adobe‘s PostScript printer description language), to support high-end AFP/IPDS output from IBM hosts, particularly mainframes and i5/OS servers.įor about the last three years, Ricoh has sold the technology it OEMs from Intermate as RA2K Integration, a software product that resides directly on the hard drive of the Ricoh print device, and does the conversion or interpretation necessary to support AFP and IPDS print jobs on less expensive printers. For years it has partnered with Denmark-based Intermate, A/S, a recognized leader in the field of AFP/IPDS emulation. Until then, Ricoh needs other ways of supporting AFP/IPDS.
#What is ricoh ipds full#
When Ricoh finally gains full control, in 2010, over InfoPrint Solutions and all of IBM’s patented print technology, including the Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) and Intelligent Printing Data Stream (IPDS) architecture (not to mention the Print Services Facility software used by hundreds of thousands of AS/400, iSeries, and System i shops around the world), it will be able to build support for AFP and IPDS directly into its printers. According to a spokesman for Ricoh Americas, InfoPrint Solutions will be completely separate from Ricoh Americas, and the West Caldwell, New Jersey-based subsidiary of Ricoh will be treated as any other competing printer manufacturer for the time being. However, even if the deal closes as expected by the end of June, Ricoh won’t gain any special treatment for its high-end printing business for i5/OS, z/OS, and AIX customers, which IBM keeps fairly tight control over. The deal, which was announced in January, is still on track to close this quarter. After three years, Ricoh will gain full control over the business. During that time, Ricoh will own a 51 percent stake, while IBM’s stake will be 49 percent.
As part of the deal, IBM and Ricoh will jointly operate for three years the InfoPrint Solutions Company, the new name given to the IBM Printing Systems Division based in Boulder, Colorado.
The deal will give Ricoh’s IBM host printing business a boost over the next three years, until Ricoh finally takes over full control of IBM’s Printing Systems Division, which it’s in the middle of buying.Įarlier this year, IBM agreed to sell its printing business to the Japanese electronics devices giant Ricoh Company for $725 million. Printer maker Ricoh Americas has extended its OEM partnership with Intermate A/S for technology that benefits customers printing high quality output from IBM System i and z servers.
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